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(10/14/15 4:01am)
The views from our windows become an integral part of our daily routines. It can be as central to our routine as our commute or what we eat for breakfast in the morning. When we go abroad, that view quite literally changes. It begins to anchor us to these new and vastly different places. Students studying abroad at different locations around the world have offered to share some peeks out their windows.
(10/14/15 4:26am)
College junior Jamie Brensilber had just arrived in Paris when she was met with a list of rules her 80-year-old host mother had prepared for her. In the mornings, she would only be able to shower between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. She was not to touch the washing machine. She should not interrupt her host mother’s favorite TV show.
(10/07/15 4:07am)
On Monday, campus was abuzz with activity as a Division of Public Safety notice warned students and faculty of a threat of violence. The threat, which was posted anonymously on the social media site 4chan, warned, “a fellow robot will take up arms against a university near Philadelphia" at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.
(10/07/15 3:12am)
Just a few days after finals had ended in May, while most other students were starting summer internships or research, Samantha Wapner received an email.
(09/03/15 3:57am)
For students spending their semesters abroad, the registration process didn’t end with simply signing up for classes on Penn InTouch.
(08/30/15 5:00pm)
It is a very strange feeling to be on campus with nothing to do.
(08/18/15 11:17pm)
Correction: A previous version of this article and its headline stated that Hopper was found guilty of simple assault, when instead he pleaded no contest. A previous version also stated that the victim originally reported the incident to the local police instead of to the school. The DP regrets the errors.
(08/12/15 1:50am)
On Monday, U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah announced that Penn will receive several hundred thousand dollars in grant money to increase support services to students.
(08/06/15 2:58am)
On Wednesday, the Philadelphia Daily News reported that former Penn President Judith Rodin may become "collateral damage" in a federal investigation of a longtime personal aide to 2016 Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton.
(07/16/15 10:00am)
Though there are still months before Pope Francis sets foot in Philadelphia for his historic — and first — trip to the United States since being appointed, the city is already in full-swing preparing for his visit, and Penn is no exception.
(07/02/15 10:00am)
On Tuesday, the Vatican confirmed the Pope’s official itinerary for his history-making visit to the United States in the fall.
(06/11/15 3:30pm)
Nearly two months after being arrested on charges of simple assault and domestic violence, potential incoming Wharton freshman Ronald “Hopper” Hillegass is set to stand trial.
(06/11/15 9:04am)
Thousands gathered at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Wilmington, Del. for the funeral of 1991 College graduate Joseph R. “Beau” Biden last Saturday.
(06/04/15 9:00am)
On May 30, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden announced that his son, 1991 College graduate Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III had died. He was 46.
(06/04/15 7:01am)
1990 Wharton graduate and science and development expert Paula Kantor was killed in a Taliban attack on a guesthouse in Kabul, Afghanistan on May 13. She was 46.
(06/01/15 9:35pm)
On Monday, June 1, the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed in a media release that former College junior Timothy Hamlett’s death was a “suicide by drowning.” Hamlett’s body was found in the Hudson river on Friday, May 29. His mother, Katherine Hamlett, believes that her son committed suicide by jumping from the George Washington Bridge.
(05/31/15 4:16am)
Joseph R. Biden III, a 1991 College graduate, died on Saturday, his father and Vice President of the United States Joe Biden announced. He was 46.
(05/28/15 5:52pm)
At approximately 12:30pm on Thursday afternoon, a steam line erupted in the McNeil building at 38th and Locust streets.
(06/13/15 9:19pm)
On Wednesday, two employees at the Sheraton University Hotel pled guilty in Pennsylvania federal court to defrauding Penn of more than $3 million.
(05/18/15 6:00pm)
The narrow and normally stuffy hallway of Riepe College House is now completely claustrophobic. Almost 20 students are crammed into the winding space, dressed in their bright red T-shirts and styrofoam hats.